tree 870af0c6b38bda6e7f32e9774fef9b0755c1ec86
parent fc0cfc1decb5457058d7cbfeb7ae26ad5d6ecba4
author Markus Armbruster <armbru@redhat.com> 1587563293 +0200
committer Markus Armbruster <armbru@redhat.com> 1588140112 +0200

smbus: Fix spd_data_generate() error API violation

The Error ** argument must be NULL, &error_abort, &error_fatal, or a
pointer to a variable containing NULL.  Passing an argument of the
latter kind twice without clearing it in between is wrong: if the
first call sets an error, it no longer points to NULL for the second
call.

spd_data_generate() can pass @errp to error_setg() more than once when
it adjusts both memory size and type.  Harmless, because no caller
passes anything that needs adjusting.  Until the previous commit,
sam460ex passed types that needed adjusting, but not sizes.

spd_data_generate()'s contract is rather awkward:

    If everything's fine, return non-null and don't set an error.

    Else, if memory size or type need adjusting, return non-null and
    set an error describing the adjustment.

    Else, return null and set an error reporting why no data can be
    generated.

Its callers treat the error as a warning even when null is returned.
They don't create the "smbus-eeprom" device then.  Suspicious.

Since the previous commit, only "everything's fine" can actually
happen.  Drop the unused code and simplify the callers.  This gets rid
of the error API violation.

Signed-off-by: Markus Armbruster <armbru@redhat.com>
Message-Id: <20200422134815.1584-3-armbru@redhat.com>